IntersectionObserverEntry: isIntersecting property

Baseline Widely available

This feature is well established and works across many devices and browser versions. It’s been available across browsers since March 2019.

The IntersectionObserverEntry interface's read-only isIntersecting property is a Boolean value which is true if the target element intersects with the intersection observer's root. If this is true, then, the IntersectionObserverEntry describes a transition into a state of intersection; if it's false, then you know the transition is from intersecting to not-intersecting.

Value

A Boolean value which indicates whether the target element has transitioned into a state of intersection (true) or out of a state of intersection (false).

Examples

In this simple example, an intersection callback is used to update a counter of how many targeted elements are currently intersecting with the intersection root.

js
function intersectionCallback(entries) {
  entries.forEach((entry) => {
    if (entry.isIntersecting) {
      intersectingCount += 1;
    } else {
      intersectingCount -= 1;
    }
  });
}

To see a more concrete example, take a look at Handling intersection changes.

Specifications

Browser compatibility

Desktop Mobile
Chrome Edge Firefox Opera Safari Chrome Android Firefox for Android Opera Android Safari on IOS Samsung Internet WebView Android
isIntersecting 58 16 55 45 12.1 58 55 43 12.2 7.0 58

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https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/IntersectionObserverEntry/isIntersecting